Both marks are all-time highs for the Sacramento region’s clean tech
sector. Revenue in 2011 was $1.5 billion and employment was 2,200. The
total number of area clean tech companies now totals 99 as indicated in
an updated SARTA interactive
online map that enables users to link to Sacramento’s tech
companies’ websites, identify locations and organize them by industry.

The report also indicates that Sacramento ranked #1 in clean economy job
creation and #4 overall among major U.S. metropolitan areas as reported
in the Clean
Tech Index, a barometer of the U.S. clean energy market as
researched by Clean
Edge.

“SARTA’s mission is to develop the Sacramento region into a nationally
recognized center of technology and technological innovation. This
ranking not only puts us on the map but validates that our area is a
force to be recognized. We are very serious about clean tech, and plan
to keep growing and innovating,” said Meg Arnold, SARTA CEO.

“Several of the Sacramento region’s clean tech companies including SynapSense,
Paramount
Energy Solutions, Clean
World,Sunoptics
and RCS
Technology are not only succeeding locally but are also having
national and international success in sales, increased headcount, the
introduction of innovative new products and game-changing corporate
partnerships that are sure to catapult these local firms further in
2013,” said Gary Simon, SARTA CleanStart Chair.

Since 2005, SARTA's CleanStart
initiative has worked to stimulate the development and success of early
stage clean technology companies and to build a regional clean tech
cluster. CleanStart has a long-term goal to bring 10,000 new clean-tech
jobs and $5 billion in additional revenue to the Sacramento region. To
this end, CleanStart is organizing a series of three PowerUP
events to be hosted in West Sacramento, Folsom and Nevada City to
coalesce clean tech companies, the community and investors. Participants
will network, showcase products, and develop product video for marketing
in support of the regions continued growth trajectory. The West
Sacramento PowerUP event will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 4 p.m.
to 7 p.m.

SARTA
was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2001, and is
accelerating the growth and development of the technology sector in the
nine-county Sacramento region by linking technology leaders,
entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, community organizations and
educational institutions. For more information, visit sarta.org.